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From: "Sasson Margaliot" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Is the CMH J1?
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 23:24:20 +0200
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----- Original Message -----
From: "ellen Levy" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Is the CMH J1?


> Ok, I'm not even going to respond to the remark about
> the US and American Jews. Suffice it to say it is too
> insulting and unintelligent to warrant a response.

My remark was not about American Jews.

You asked what do I mean by "politically correct" CMH. I was talking about
the case when a Genealogist takes a record with 6 CMH values and
automatically (mistakenly) assumes that the person is a Cohen. Without
discrimination by race, nationality, religion, and gender. This is why I
call this "politically correct" CMH.

Instead of a correct (and boring) answer, I wrote: "In US, everyone has a
right to be a Cohen", meaning: according to "politically correct" style, one
should not ask race-related questions, and CMH of any religion and
nationality will do. I did not intend to say anything about American Jews.

All the same, this remark was unappropriate, and I appologize.

> You know, Sasson, you and I might actually agree - on certain points,

Your article became the platform for the farther reseacrh on Jewish Y-DNA by
non-biologists.
From reading your article, it is clear that there are quite many points of
agreement. But we can only argue about the points of disagreement.

> but your presentation is so insulting

I appologize if what I wrote sounds insulting. I did not want to insult
anyone. If it happened, it was a non-intensional "side-effect" of somewhat
"polemic" style. I should try to be more carefull.

> and stated as rock-solid fact rather than personal opinion

Thank you for pointing this out.

> that it makes it nearly impossible to
> discuss things intelligently with you.

I don't think it's correct.


Sasson Margaliot






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